The once-peaceful world of Orb is in terrible danger. Dark forces are atwork to unleash the awesome might of the Evil One - and only YOU can stopthem. YOUR mission is to destroy the Talisman of Death before the DarkLord's minions reach you. But beware! Time is running out... Steve Jacksonis a veteran of the games world. Together with Ian Livingstone, the pairfounded Games Workshop and created the Fighting Fantasy™ Gamebookseries. He is also co-founder of Lionhead Studios ('Black & White') withlegendary PC game designer Peter Molyneux. In the 1990s he was a columnistfor the Daily Telegraph and his weekly Games Page included game reviews,features on the history of games, news and puzzles. Apart from FightingFantasy™, his game designs include 'The Warlock of Firetop Mountain'boardgame, 'Battlecards' (a collectible cardgame series which pre-datedMagic), the Gathering and 'F.I.S.T.', the first ever interactive telephonegame. Ian Livingstone has been in the interactive games industry for over25 years. In the 1970s, he co-founded Games Workshop and launched Dungeons& Dragons in Europe, later editing White Dwarf magazine. In 1982, withSteve Jackson, he wrote the first of the Fighting Fantasy™ Gamebookswhich eventually sold over 15 million copies in 23 languages. In 1995 heled the merger of computer games company Domark with Eidos, the namebehind the Tomb Raider computer games, where he is now Creative Director.He was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Technology by the University ofAbertay Dundee in 2000, and in 2002 received the BAFTA Special Award forhis outstanding contribution to the interactive entertainment industry.